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Q4 27:52

The siren has sounded to end Q4.

Q4 26:10

A dominant display from Collingwood midfielder Taylor Adams. His output for the match so far has included an equal seasonhigh 28 disposals at 57 per cent efficiency, 16 contested possessions, eight clearances and four marks.

Q4 25:37

BEHINDMagpies (Ben Crocker)

Q4 24:29

BEHINDSuns (Josh Schoenfeld)

Q4 21:43

Jarrod Harbrow has taken a match best five intercept marks for Gold Coast. The next most of any man on the ground is three from Collingwood's Chris Mayne.

Q4 20:25

GOALMagpies (Josh Thomas)

Q4 18:26

BEHINDSuns (Aaron Young)

Q4 16:54

BEHINDSuns (Rushed)

Q4 15:28

The Magpies have not kicked a goal since the tenth minute of the third quarter.

Q4 14:12

BEHINDMagpies (Josh Thomas)

Q4 13:49

BEHINDMagpies (Jaidyn Stephenson)

Q4 12:22

Gold Coast has dominated the second half inside 50 count, 28 to 16. However, Collingwood's better ability to convert their entries into scores (38 per cent to 29) has seen Gold Coast make very little progress in reducing the scoreboard deficit.

Q4 10:17

BEHINDMagpies (Chris Mayne)

Q4 08:12

BEHINDSuns (Ben Ainsworth)

Q4 06:21

Collingwood's Matthew Scharenberg does the little things to help his team. His ten one percenters is the game high for either side.

Q4 04:29

Michael Rischitelli has averaged 17 disposals per game against Collingwood across his career, his thirdlowest average against any side. With just seven disposals so far tonight, the former Brisbane Lion is having another quiet night against the Magpies.

Q4 04:23

BEHINDSuns (Nick Holman)

Q4 00:55

GOALSuns (Aaron Young)

Q4 00:00

Q4 is now underway.

Q3 28:52

Gold Coast closed the third quarter with the last six inside 50s, but could only kick 0.3 during this period of dominance.

Q3 28:51

The siren has sounded to end Q3.

Q3 28:33

Suns InterchangeSean Lemmens off due to an injury.

Q3 27:25

BEHINDSuns (Brayden Crossley)

Q3 26:02

BEHINDSuns (Brayden Crossley)

Q3 25:09

BEHINDMagpies (Tom Phillips)

Q3 24:16

In the last ten minutes Gold Coast has scored 3.0 to 0.2 while kicking the ball with 85 per cent efficiency compared to 60 per cent for Collingwood.

Q3 22:59

GOALSuns (Nick Holman)

Q3 22:05

Magpies InterchangeLynden Dunn and is possibly out for the game.

Q3 21:13

GOALSuns (Brayden Crossley)

Q3 19:36

Gold Coast's Josh Schoenfeld kicks his first goal for the season in his third game for 2018.

Q3 19:35

GOALSuns (Josh Schoenfeld)

Q3 18:45

BEHINDMagpies (Taylor Adams)

Q3 17:16

The Suns have scored from just 38 per cent of their inside 50 entries this season, last in the AFL. They are unlikely to improve on this ranking tonight, where their scores from inside 50 conversion is only 22 per cent for the game.

Q3 14:34

BEHINDMagpies (Josh Thomas)

Q3 12:00

The Suns have laid just a solitary tackle in the first twelve minutes of the third quarter.

Q3 11:54

BEHINDSuns (Touk Miller)

Q3 09:48

Not surprisingly, the three leaders in terms of metres gained are all Magpies, debutant Brayden Sier with 357, Jack Crisp with 319, and Scott Pendlebury with 311.

Q3 09:19

GOALMagpies (Jaidyn Stephenson)

Q3 07:51

BEHINDMagpies (Jaidyn Stephenson)

Q3 06:00

BEHINDMagpies (Will Hoskin-Elliott)

Q3 03:35

GOALMagpies (Jaidyn Stephenson)

Q3 02:59

Gold Coast has won five of the last seven clearances, yet 11 of the last 14 inside 50s have been to Collingwood.

Q3 01:41

GOALMagpies (Scott Pendlebury)

Q3 00:00

Q3 is now underway.

Q2 31:53

After losing both the disposal and contested possession counts in the first quarter, the Magpies asserted their dominance in the second. They won the disposal count for the term 94 to 82, as well as the contested ball 45 to 35.

Q2 31:52

The siren has sounded to end Q2.

Q2 23:34

GOALSuns (Jacob Dawson)

Q2 23:02

Gold Coast has had just three kicks (all ineffective) in it's forward 50 for the entire second quarter.

Q2 22:28

GOALMagpies (Brayden Maynard)

Q2 19:59

Four of the Magpies' five second quarter goals have been the result of a disposal chain that began with a Gold Coast turnover.

Q2 19:58

GOALMagpies (Josh Thomas)

Q2 18:43

BEHINDMagpies (Brodie Grundy)

Q2 17:12

GOALMagpies (Jordan De Goey)

Q2 16:43

In terms of hitouts, Collingwood's Brodie Grundy is well in front of his Gold Coast counterparts with 22. However, he has only directed five of these to a teammate. Gold Coast's Jarrod Witts has fewer hitouts (14) but six have been to advantage.

Q2 15:18

BEHINDSuns (David Swallow)

Q2 12:11

GOALMagpies (Josh Thomas)

Q2 10:10

GOALMagpies (Mason Cox)

Q2 09:56

The Magpies have produced seven of the first nine inside 50s of the second term, including three to Steele Sidebottom.

Q2 09:10

BEHINDMagpies (Brodie Grundy)

Q2 05:49

BEHINDSuns (Jack Martin)

Q2 04:11

GOALMagpies (Jaidyn Stephenson)

Q2 04:06

Of the six free kicks that Gold Coast has conceded, three have been for a push in the back.

Q2 03:21

BEHINDMagpies (Rushed)

Q2 01:11

The Magpies have won the disposal count by 37 per game this season, best in the AFL. Tonight they are not having it all their own way, where the Suns actually lead the disposal count at present, 106 to 95.

Q2 00:00

Q2 is now underway.

Q1 31:51

Five first quarter clearances for Gold Coast's Jarryd Lyons almost matches his pergame average of 6.5 across his first 11 games. Lyons also has 12 first term disposals at 58 per cent efficiency along with eight contested possessions.

Q1 31:50

The siren has sounded to end Q1.

Q1 25:53

GOALMagpies (Ben Crocker)

Q1 24:49

The Suns Touk Miller leads the disposal count with eight, but has zero in the last ten minutes.

Q1 23:40

BEHINDMagpies (Steele Sidebottom)

Q1 23:03

BEHINDMagpies (Rushed)

Q1 19:48

First year Magpie Brody Mihocek has kicked at least one goal in each of his four career games.

Q1 19:47

GOALMagpies (Brody Mihocek)

Q1 17:45

GOALSuns (Nick Holman)

Q1 15:47

BEHINDSuns (Rushed)

Q1 14:33

GOALMagpies (Josh Thomas)

Q1 13:58

After Gold Coast started the game with the opening five inside 50s, the Magpies have hit back with five of the next six.

Q1 09:34

Suns debutant Wil Powell kicks a goal with his first disposal in AFL football.

Q1 09:33

GOALSuns (Wil Powell)

Q1 08:47

BEHINDMagpies (Brody Mihocek)

Q1 06:20

GOALMagpies (Jordan De Goey)

Q1 06:00

Gold Coast has controlled the opening six minutes, with five inside 50s to nil. They are also kicking the ball with 64 per cent efficiency compared to the Magpies 40.

Q1 04:13

BEHINDSuns (Jarryd Lyons)

Q1 01:01

Opening goal scorer Jack Martin has his 13th major for the season in his 13th game.

Q1 01:00

GOALSuns (Jack Martin)

Q1 00:00

Q1 is now underway.

Q0 00:00

Collingwood's Jeremy Howe has won 84 defensive half intercepts this season, fourth best in the competition.

Q0 00:00

Gold Coast has taken only 12 marks from its offensive oneon-one contests this season, the fewest recorded by any side in the AFL.

Q0 00:00

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He ran down unsuspecting Suns defender Jarrod Harbrow, crunched him in a tackle and then picked up the loose ball before it could go over the boundary line and calmly slotted the snap with his left boot from deep in the right forward pocket.

MEDICAL ROOMGold Coast: No problems for the Suns, with co-captain Steven May getting through his first match back in a month after suffering an ankle injury.Collingwood: Defender Lynden Dunn was the only casualty from the contest, limping off with a knee injury in the third quarter. Coach Nathan Buckley said Dunn would need scans, but he was "concerned" about the injury.

NEXT UPThe Magpies will try and make it seven wins in succession next Sunday when they face arch-rivals Essendon at the MCG. Gold Coast will try and snap its losing streak on the same afternoon when it faces North Melbourne at Etihad Stadium – a team it beat in the opening round.